1993 Strabane District Council election

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1993 Strabane District Council election

19 May 1993 (1993-05-19)
All 16 seats to Strabane District Council 9 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party SDLP UUP DUP Seats won 5 4 3 Seat change 2 1 0   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party Sinn Féin Ind. Nationalist Ind. Unionist Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 0 1 0   Seventh party   Party Alliance Seats won 0 Seat change 1

Elections to Strabane District Council were held on 19 May 1993 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 16 councillors.

Election results

Strabane District Council Election Result 1993

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SDLP	5	2	0	2	31.3	27.3	4,603	9.4
	UUP	4	1	0	1	25.0	19.9	3,349	0.4
	DUP	3	0	0	0	18.8	19.9	3,361	0.2
	Sinn Féin	2	0	0	0	25.0	21.1	3,561	0.0
	Ind. Nationalist	1	0	1	1	6.3	5.3	886	9.5
	Ind. Unionist	1	0	0	0	6.3	3.3	551	1.7
	Alliance	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.2	367	1.1
	Democratic Left	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.8	136	New
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	39	0.2

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary

Results of the Strabane District Council election, 1993
by district

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	SDLP		UUP		DUP		Sinn Féin		Others
Derg	20.0	1	19.0	1	26.2	1	24.3	1	10.5	1	5
Glenelly	22.9	1	24.9	2	35.7	2	8.8	0	7.7	0	5
Mourne	38.3	3	16.3	1	0.0	0	29.0	1	16.4	1	6
Total	27.3	5	19.9	4	19.9	3	21.1	3	11.8	1	16

District results

Derg

1989: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1993: 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x SDLP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Unionist
1989-1993 Change: No change

Derg - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SDLP	Laurence McNamee*	19.95%	1,131
	UUP	Edward Turner*	18.97%	1,075
	Sinn Féin	Charles McHugh*	17.52%	993
	DUP	Thomas Kerrigan*	15.98%	906	909.74	917.44	965.56
	Ind. Unionist	Derek Hussey*	9.72%	551	556.44	569.54	626.42	636.16	649.16
	DUP	Samuel Allison	10.18%	577	579.72	580.4	601.16	610.92	616.92
	Sinn Féin	Sean Elliott	6.81%	386	488.68	506.24	506.36
	Ind. Nationalist	Denis McCrory	0.86%	49	117
Electorate: 7,995   Valid: 5,668 (70.89%)   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 945   Turnout: 5,834 (72.97%)

Glenelly

1989: 2 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance
1993: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP
1989-1993 Change: UUP gain from Alliance

Glenelly - 5 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SDLP	John Gallagher*	18.39%	968
	UUP	James Emery*	16.64%	876	879
	DUP	Allan Bresland	15.67%	825	830	830.5	974.5
	DUP	John Donnell*	14.32%	754	765	765.1	890.1
	UUP	Samuel Martin	8.26%	435	435	435.1	453.1	544.18	546.38	686.45
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Kelly	8.83%	465	466	472.5	472.5	472.5	544.1	595.3
	Alliance	John Devine	6.97%	367	380	391.9	394	397.96	506.66
	SDLP	Bernard McDermott	4.50%	237	239	308.6	308.6	309.59
	DUP	Derek Reaney	5.68%	299	299	299.2
	Independent	Hughes Colhoun*	0.74%	39
Electorate: 7,432   Valid: 5,265 (70.84%)   Spoilt: 143   Quota: 878   Turnout: 5,408 (72.77%)

Mourne

1989: 2 x Independent Nationalist, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP
1993: 3 x SDLP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x UUP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1989-1993 Change: SDLP (two seats) gain from Independent Nationalist and due to the addition of one seat

Mourne - 6 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Sinn Féin	Ivan Barr*	20.76%	1,229
	UUP	John Cummings*	16.27%	963
	SDLP	Mary McElroy	15.63%	925
	Ind. Nationalist	James O'Kane*	14.14%	837	879.24
	SDLP	Thomas Mullen	12.72%	753	813.39	855.39
	SDLP	Paul O'Hare	9.95%	589	610.78	643.75	759.03	831.73
	Sinn Féin	Elayne McNicholl	8.24%	488	723.29	737.6	738.48	740.68
	Democratic Left	Francis McCay	2.30%	136	150.85
Electorate: 9,783   Valid: 5,920 (60.51%)   Spoilt: 231   Quota: 846   Turnout: 6,151 (62.87%)